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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1994

WAY CLEARED FOR HK'S EXPORTS OF TEXTILES,

APPAREL AND SHOES TO MEXICO

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LATEST PROPOSAL WHICH WAY FOR HONG KONG'S

THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT HAS AGREED TO A

THE THE TRADE DEPARTMENT HAS DEVISED TO CLEAR EXPORTS OF TEXTILES, APPAREL AND SHOES TO MEXICO.

ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (MONDAY) DEPUTY

OF DIRECTOR-GENERAL

YIU SAID: TRADE MR THOMAS

"THE NEW PROPOSAL IS FOR TRADERS TO RELEVANT ACCOMPANY THEIR

EXPORTS TO MEXICO WITH A SUPPLEMENTARY DOCUMENT WHICH GIVES INFORMATION INCLUDING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE IN HONG KONG.

THAT WE

"THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT HAS CONFIRMED THAT THIS DOCUMENT, TOGETHER WITH THE OTHERS

HAVE ANNOUNCED PREVIOUSLY, WILL ENABLE TRADERS TO COMPLY WITH ALL THE MEXICAN CERTIFICATION OF ORIGIN REQUIREMENTS, HE SAID.

I

SINCE THE MEXICAN NEW CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN REQUIREMENTS INTO EFFECT ON SEPTEMBER 1, A NUMBER OF COMPANIES PROBLEMS IN EXPORTING TEXTILES, APPAREL AND SHOES TO MEXICO.

HAVE

CAME

ENCOUNTERED

CONSIGNMENTS HAVE BEEN DETAINED BECAUSE THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT CERTIFICATE OF HONG WANTED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED ON KONG ORIGIN (CHKO).

MR YIU SAID: "ACCORDING TO OUR EARLIER UNDERSTANDING REACHED

OF TEXTILES, WITH THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT IN SEPTEMBER, FOR SHIPMENTS

DOCUMENT OTHER THAN A CHKO APPAREL AND SHOES, THE ONLY ADDITIONAL

CAN REQUIRED IS A FORM SPECIFIED BY THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT, WHICH

THE DEPARTMENT COMPLETED BY THE TRADERS THEMSELVES WITHOUT INVOLVING OR THE GOVERNMENT APPROVED CERTIFICATION ORGANISATIONS (GACOS).

BE

"WE WERE THEREFORE PUZZLED THAT SUBSEQUENTLY, THE MEXICAN CUSTOMS HAS REQUIRED OUR CHKO ΤΟ CONTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

INVOICE TARIFF NUMBER,

NUMBER AND ORIGIN CRITERION ACCORDING MEXICAN ORIGIN RULES," HE SAID.

ΤΟ

"THIS IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT IT IS NOT COUNTRIES TO THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION TO REQUIRE EXPORTING CHANGE THE FORMAT OF THEIR ORIGIN CERTIFICATES.

"WE HAVE PRINCIPLED AND PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH A REQUIREMENT FOR US TO MODIFY HONG KONG'S ORIGIN CERTIFICATE TO INCLUDE SO ORIGIN DETERMINATION BASED ON MEXICAN ORIGIN RULES, BECAUSE TO DO WOULD MEAN IMPLEMENTING MEXICO'S RATHER THAN OUR OWN ORIGIN RULES.'

AND

IN ORDER TO ENABLE THE RELEVANT TRADE BETWEEN MEXICO TO CONTINUE, THE TRADE DEPARTMENT DEVISED PRAGMATIC SOLUTION TO THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT.

EL

HONG KONG AND PUT FORWARD A

RATHER THAN CHANGING THE FORMAT OF

CHKO, THE GACOS WILL, ON

INFORMATION ON TRADERS' REQUEST, ISSUE A DOCUMENT CONTAINING

TARIFF NUMBER, INVOICE NUMBER AND THE RELEVANT MANUFACTURING PROCESSES PERFORMED IN HONG KONG, WHICH SHOULD BE ATTACHED ΤΟ THE CHKO TO FACILITATE MEXICAN CUSTOMS INSPECTION.

/THE TRADE